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Max Berry Monument

‘Monument’ presents paintings that investigate ‘the border between nature and humankind, putting together an array of imagery and introducing the viewer to a place generative to spiritual and metaphysical themes,’ he says. ‘Simple observations, a shadow moving across landscape, running water, motifs of dreams and memory each can rouse these reactions on a monumental scale.’

The choice of venue came via a trip Berry made to Broken Hill and its gallery with artists Gabriella Lo Presti and Jarryd Lynagh. Having been a finalist multiple times in the Pro Hart Outback Art Prize – including in 2020 – he decided to

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